Search Results for: phishing
Security on the cheap
(This blog will be updated as I change my mind, think of better things to say or just for the heck of it). Alternative titles: “The Four Pillars of Internet Security”, “Dirty little secrets of the software world”, “Steal this …
Test your phishing knowledge
Sascha over at Paretologic posted some tips on Phishing. Good stuff. It reminded me, however, of a test that MailFrontier (a competitor of ours) did a while back. So I’m posting it for all the world to see. You’re going …
Latest happy fun PayPal scam
Hans Eisenman posts on a new Paypal phishing twist. Nothing that extraordinary as far as phishing (they are doing basic URL spoofing), but it is an ugly one that will very likely take someone’s money — at least someone who …
Microsoft’s new antiphishing tool
Update: According to CNET, we learn that MS is using WholeSecurity’s technology for the antiphishing component. The security space is a small world, and we know the guys from Wholesecurity and respect them. But I admit to being a little …
Steal this antiphishing tool!
Our good friends at Cloudmark (we use their antispam engine in our enterprise product) have a great antiphishing tool (free beta). Click here and look for the Anti-Fraud toolbar. In the future, we will probably put this toolbar into our …
Gartner’s latest on security threats
From this article: “In the recent survey, respondents rated critical security threats. The results include viruses and worms, a 7.6 rating (“1″ indicated “no concern at all,” while a “10″ meant “extremely concerned”); outside hacking or cracking, 7.1; identity theft …
GOA report on security threats
The Government Accountability Office has released a report entitled “INFORMATIONSECURITY: Emerging Cybersecurity Issues Threaten Federal Information Systems“. From the report: Spam, phishing, and spyware pose security risks to federal informationsystems. Spam is a problem not only because of the enormous …
Annenberg study on how misinformed internet consumers are
An interesting and somewhat depressing report by the Annenberg Public Policy Center . Read it here. The study, entitled “Open to Exploitation: American Shoppers Online and Offline“, has tidbits like this: The study indicates that many adults who use the …
So who bamboozled the folks at Netscape?
(Part one in an informal series on the absolute uselessness of current certifcation practices…more later). The new Netscape has a trust rating, explained here. According to their website: The Netscape Browser is equipped with a web site rating system called …
